Old dogs can learn to skate
When Amy Bartoo asked me to try figure skating for fun and exercise, I didn’t realize that was even available here. Little did I know that Lake City Figure Skating Club is part of the largest Learn to Skate program in the Inland Northwest with over 450 participants. Intrigued, I decided to join her on a recent Thursday morning for a "Freestyle Ice" session where coaches work with skaters young and old on United States Figure Skating (USFS) skill tests and programs that will be competed at upcoming events.
Pulling into Frontier Ice Arena just before 6, Amy was still getting out of her car but launched right into the history of our local figure skating program. It turns out that Amy’s history and the history of figure skating in Coeur d’Alene are not only fascinating, but intertwined.
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